Māhir
ماهِر
Say it MAA-hir
Skilled, expert
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- m-h-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Mahir, Maher
Meaning & source
Skilful at every work. A ḥadīth quoted in Lisān speaks of “the one skilled in the Qurʾān”.
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وَالْمَاهِرُ: الْحَاذِقُ بِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ، وأَكثر مَا يُوصَفُ بِهِ السَّابِحُ المُجِيد، وَالْجَمْعُ مَهَرَة
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.